Coffee shade of hair is one of the most natural, which is why it is deservedly popular among women of all ages. The basic tone of coffee is considered dark chestnut at number 3.0. However, it will be a mistake to assume that only one tone refers to coffee shades.
The color of coffee is a whole gamut of shades from coffee with cream to chocolate and coffee. Thus, both fair-haired girls and dark brown-haired women can choose a shade suitable for their type of appearance.
Tone features
The combination of brown and milk gives this shade related to cold. You can adjust both its depth and saturation. Depending on this, you get either a dark blonde or a light brown-haired woman. This is a universal hair color, suitable for any age. It is both bright and sophisticated. The coffee shade looks great with both evening makeup and everyday makeup. Such staining looks most impressive on owners of a winter color type - both light-skinned and dark-skinned.
According to stylists, long-haired girls will go darker coffee strands, and short-haired - those that are lighter.
How to achieve the desired color?
Coffee shade is achieved differently depending on what the original color of the hair. Since the “highlight” of the tone is its complexity, only a professional colorist can choose the right combination of coffee and milk. Moreover, if the hair is initially dark, the desired shade may not immediately appear, but only after repeated dyeing - after lightening. If the hair is colored, it will be necessary to do a wash, and only after that proceed to coloring.
If gray hair is present in your hair, you need to consider that not every shade of coffee paints it. The lightest shades may not completely “cover” gray strands.
Professional masters of staining to obtain a beautiful and deep shade mix two or even three tones without using ready-made compounds. So the hair is more natural, visually more voluminous and lush.
This color looks great not only on its own, but also in the balayazh technique, when coloring or highlighting. It perfectly balances the dark roots, in addition, such partial staining is much less traumatic than applying paint to all strands.
How to care for colored strands?
So that your acquired coffee hair does not fade and does not turn golden, you need to follow a number of rules.
- Systematically use tonic or tinting agents.
- If you want the color to fix, and plan to wear it for a long time, you need to use resistant paint, updating it monthly. After the tone is fixed, you can change resistant paints to ammonia-free compositions and tinting agents.
- Each time you wash, use shampoo and conditioner for your hair type (must be dyed). So the result is stabilized, the color remains fresh, alkali does not affect it. Often, the colorist advises the hair care line, which produced staining in the salon.
- With complex staining, which includes the shade of coffee with milk, do not use homemade recipes for masks. You need to use only professional hair products, preferably from the same line with shampoo and balm.
- If you are going to dye your hair, do not wash it a day before going to the colorist. Then the penetration of the pigment will be deeper, and the color will last much longer.
Creating a harmonious look
The shade of coffee with milk, like other tones of the gamut - coffee with ice, cappuccino, mocha, coffee and chocolate - requires a certain image from its owner. Such complex and vibrant shades need to be matched. Wardrobe requires bright colors, bold combinations and silhouettes. In addition, makeup is needed. It does not have to be avant-garde, but it must be careful and thoughtful. Therefore, it is necessary to practice, learn to do it correctly and efficiently - today there are a huge number of opportunities for this.
In clothes and accessories, shades of beige should be avoided, as there is a risk that the face, hair and outfit will merge into one color spot. In addition, you should not wear exceptionally warm shades, since coffee is still a cold tone.
Who is it for?
For those lucky ones whose color type is autumn, recommended shade of mocha. It has a golden tint, emphasizing the peach skin of the "autumn" women, their green eyes. Mocha, like the other subtones of the coffee gamut, are universal, suitable for representatives of other color types.
White-skinned “autumn” girls will suit gold and bronze tones of coffee, but dark shades are best avoided.
A sharp contrast of dark strands and white skin will create the effect of excessive pallor. Therefore, the best colors are espresso, mocha, “diluted” with milk, as well as coffee.
The darker the skin of a woman, the darker shades of coffee are suitable for dyeing her hair. Even coffee with chocolate can be used by dark-skinned girls.
- Golden coffee - will adorn the owners of olive skin with brown or gray-blue eyes. This tone is very beautiful and natural, but women with dark skin should avoid it, as it can merge with a skin tone, making the wearer colorless.
- Dark coffee It is very close to black, but retains rich chestnut overflows.It goes to women with any skin tone, except, perhaps, the lightest, giving excessive pallor.
- Caramel Coffee - contains notes of copper and gold. It could be called a rich blond, if not for the chestnut glare. Spring or autumn, that is, the owner of warm color, is best suited for a girl of a color type.
- Cappuccino - explosive mix of rich coffee, chocolate and blond. Staining has a 3D effect, creating the illusion of volume, visual splendor of hair. The colorist can add a few extra tones.
- Coffee with milk - at its core, a mixture of chestnut with a touch of milk. Gamma ranges from light brown to dark blonde. Hue refers to a cold palette.
In combination with two to three tones gives the hair volume and movement.
- Glasse coffee (also called - with ice). It is a chestnut color with ashy highlights. The shade is very exquisite, noble, for which we love girls who want to have natural, but not beaten and unbanal hair color. It can be called "royal", because it gives its owner a regal look. And also he perfectly removes the yellowness of strands from blondes.
- Mocha - a tone that will decorate both warm autumn and cold winter. The only category of women who should avoid it is “snow white”. Due to the fact that the shade is quite dark, it can give additional pallor to the skin.
- Caramel Latte with Ice - one of the newest staining methods. It is characterized by a general cold “ice” tone, however with honey glare. All this happens against the background of a rather dark coffee shade. Caramel latte with ice is a partial dyeing technology, so the damage done to the hair by preliminary bleaching the strands is minimal.
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